Investigational Trial to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Treprostinil in Children Diagnosed With PAH

Last updated: May 27, 2025
Sponsor: AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Circulation Disorders

Stress

Williams Syndrome

Treatment

preservative-free parenteral treprostinil

Clinical Study ID

NCT06350032
TREPaed
2023-505082-91-00
  • Ages < 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate safety and tolerability of preservative-free parenteral treprostinil in paediatric patients with PAH (PH Group 1) who are below 18 years of age. The main question it aims to answer is:

• if preservative-free parenteral treprostinil is safe and tolerable in the treatment of paediatric PAH in patients who are either prostacyclin-naïve or have been previously treated with commercially available parenteral treprostinil formulations.

Participants will receive either subcutaneous (SC) or intravenous (IV) preservative-free treprostinil and will be observed for 5 months (20 weeks ± 1 week).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Signed informed consent by the parents or the legal representatives and writtenassent from appropriately aged participants

  2. Males or females from birth to under 18 years of age at the time informed consentwas signed

  3. Confirmed diagnosis of severe PAH classified as PH Group 1 requiring a treatmentwith prostacyclin infusion

  4. Current diagnosis of PAH confirmed by right heart catheterisation (RHC) at screeningor by historical RHC prior to screening with following haemodynamic findings:

  • Mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) >20 mmHg

  • Pulmonary vascular resistance Index (PVRI) >3 Wood Units (WU) m² If RHC is notpossible due to medical reasons (e.g. neonates and infants), the confirmationby ECHO at the screening is sufficient.

  1. Prostacyclin naïve or patients pre-treated with SC or IV treprostinil prior toscreening

  2. A subject is eligible to participate in this study, as assessed by the investigator,if they are of:

  • Non-childbearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becomingpregnant); or,

  • Child-bearing potential - has a negative pregnancy test and is not lactatingand, if sexually active, agrees to continue to use 2 reliable methods ofcontraception until study completion and for at least 30 days following thelast dose of study drug. Examples of reliable birth control methods includetrue abstinence as a lifestyle choice (periodic sexual abstinence method is notacceptable); the use of oral contraceptives; a reliable barrier method of birthcontrol (diaphragms with contraceptive jelly; cervical caps with contraceptivejelly; condoms with contraceptive foam; intrauterine devices)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Known intolerance to prostacyclin analogues

  2. PH related to conditions other than specified above

  3. Unrepaired congenital heart disease if surgery is planned within next 5 months

  4. Subjects diagnosed with any lung disease

  5. Acutely decompensated heart failure within previous 30 days from screening

  6. Subjects who have had an atrial septostomy or potts shunt within the previous 6months of screening

  7. Any clinically significant laboratory abnormality that precludes initiation orcontinuation of treprostinil therapy

  8. Moderate to severe hepatic dysfunction as defined by elevated liver function tests (aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase) ≥3 times the upper limit ofnormal at Screening, or Child Pugh class B or C hepatic disease

  9. Subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding

  10. Haematological abnormalities (e.g., severe anaemia, Hgb <10 g/dL, leukopenia, WhiteBlood Cells (WBC) <2500/μL)

  11. History of substance use disorder, unless a proof of abstinence ≥1 year is provided

  12. Other concurrent severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition orlaboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with studyparticipation or investigational product administration or may interfere with theinterpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would makethe subject inappropriate for entry into this study

  13. Participation in another clinical trial of an investigational drug or device (including with placebo) within 30 days or 5 half-lives prior to screening,which-ever is longer

  14. Patients not able to handle pumps and infusion site if there is no parent, familymember, guardian present in their household taking over pump handling or if they arenot treated in hospital set-up

Study Design

Total Participants: 20
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: preservative-free parenteral treprostinil
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
July 31, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
November 30, 2028

Study Description

In this study, a preservative-free treprostinil solution provided in a single-use vial will be used. Efficacy of treprostinil for the treatment of PAH in pulmonary hypertension (PH) Group 1 in children is reported throughout literature. However, since the removal of the preservative might impact the safe use of the parenteral solution for infusion, the safety profile of the newly developed preservative-free treprostinil solution will be assessed within this trial.

Connect with a study center

  • Medizinische Universität Wien

    Vienna, 1090
    Austria

    Active - Recruiting

  • Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris

    Paris, 75015
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center

    Budapest, H-1096
    Hungary

    Active - Recruiting

  • Pediatric Cardiac Center

    Bratislava,
    Slovakia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ramón y Cajal University Hospital

    Madrid, 28034
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

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